Sentences with phrase «prevent cognitive deficits»

For example, he discovered that reducing levels of a protein called tau can prevent cognitive deficits in animal models of the disease.

Figure 4: AFF 1 Prevents Cognitive Deficits in a Mouse Model of Lewy Body Dementia.

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However, they underscore that it is too soon to know whether regulating deltaFosB or calbindin could improve or prevent memory problems or other cognitive deficits in people with Alzheimer's disease.

«The results of this study are exciting because this technology has the potential to improve pre-diction of psychosis and ultimately help us prevent psychosis by helping researchers develop re-mediation and training strategies that target the cognitive deficits that may underlie language dis - turbance,» said the study's first author, Cheryl Corcoran, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Program Leader in Psychosis Risk, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

We will explore whether the intravenous administration of the recombinant protein is able to reduce Aβ accumulation in the mouse brain and prevent the cognitive and behavioral deficits associated with that pathology.

Improving overall cardiovascular health (such as reducing blood pressure and cholesterol) will help to reduce the risk of stroke, but in many cases, people suffer a stroke and are looking for ways to improve recovery and prevent lasting cognitive deficits.